Zpizza Franchise News

January 26, 2011 // Franchising.com // Irvine, CA, — zpizza, the fast casual gourmet pizza chain known as "the pure one", has finalized a contract with new franchisee, ZP-Brea, LLC to open a new restaurant in Brea, California. The Southern California based chain currently has 95 open stores and over 400 new locations in development across the U.S., the Middle East, Mexico and Vietnam.

ZP-Brea plans to open their new restaurant in the Brea Plaza in Brea California within the second quarter of 2011. ZP-Brea partners bring with them substantial expertise in food services and manufacturing and in commercial real estate. "We have spent several years traveling the country, speaking to Franchisor's and Franchisee's within the fast casual marketplace...

Irvine, CA --(PR.com)-- zpizza, the fast casual gourmet pizza chain, is preparing to open its first Vietnam restaurant.

Master franchisee BIM Group will be opening their first zpizza in Ha Noi in November 2010. The restaurant will be located in the Tay Ho urban district of Ha Noi, at 51 Xuan Dieu. BIM Group will be developing more than twenty zpizza restaurants throughout Vietnam.

Founded in 1994, BIM Group is one of the leading private investment companies in Vietnam. The company was established as a developer behind Halong Bay's first international standard luxury hotel, the Halong Plaza. BIM Group has operated a number of successful businesses in Vietnam, ranging from real estate development, aquaculture and agriculture production, processing, distribution and export, as well as aviation...

May 06, 2010 // Franchising.com // West Village — zpizza, the Southern California based gourmet pizza chain is proud to announce the opening of its first Manhattan location. Locally owned, zpizza opened yesterday at 298 Bleecker Street.

zpizza is open 7 days a week for lunch, dinner and late night and also offers free delivery.

"We believe in the zpizza mission of changing the way customers think about pizza and we know providing superb food and service is absolutely required in this town," says Michael, one of the local owners.

Featured on Good Morning America as a healthy dining option and rated by Parents magazine as one of the "Top 10 Best Fast-Casual Family Restaurants," zpizza takes a unique approach to the crowded pizza segment by appealing to traditional pizza lovers, health conscious consumers and gourmet palates alike...

Vegan-Friendly Fast Casual Pizza Chain Given Top Honor in Annual Libby Awards

March 10, 2010 // Franchising.com // Newport Beach, CA, -- zpizza, the fast casual pizza chain, has won the Libby Award for Most Vegan-Friendly Restaurant Chain from peta2, the world's largest youth animal rights organization. The fourth annual Libby Awards ("Libby" is short for "liberation") honor animal-friendly people and products. Visitors to peta2.com helped the group determine the winners by voting for their favorites in each category.

zpizza patrons can build their own pizza by choosing from a variety of toppings, including vegan cheese, veggie burger crumbles, artichoke hearts, arugula, roasted eggplant, zucchini, and several types of mushrooms...

zpizza Named an "All Star" and Featured on Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 List

January 07, 2010 // Franchising.com // Newport Beach, CA, -- zpizza, the fast casual pizza chain, was recently named to the AllBusiness 2010 "AllStar Franchise" list, a comprehensive listing of the nation's top 300 franchise companies. The popular pizza chain was also ranked #302 in Entrepreneur Magazine's prestigious 2010 Franchise 500 List. Zpizza is a leader in the "better pizza" segment.

Dun & Bradstreet's AllBusiness AllStars rankings listed the top 300 best franchises in the country. The rankings assessed the strengths of franchising companies based upon criteria including system growth, system size, longevity, web presence, and financial strength...

Saudi Arabia Welcomes its First Taste of zpizza February 24, 2009 // Franchising.com // Newport Beach, CA, — zpizza opened its second international location in early February. With an open location in Mexico, the new store in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia marks the beginning of zpizza's journey into the Middle East, where they have several locations planned in the near future. Since it opened, the Riyadh store has seen sales double the system-wide average for zpizza. zpizza currently has 90 open stores and continues its impressive expansion with 400 more locations in development across the U.S., the Middle East and Mexico. The Southern California-based gourmet pizza chain was recently awarded the prestigious title of 2008 Pizza Chain of the Year from Pizza Market Quarterly Magazine...

Franchisee to Bring Award-Winning zpizza to Washington State February 03, 2009 // Franchising.com // Newport Beach, CA, — zpizza has finalized a contract with franchisee, Ritu Shah-Burnham, to open three new restaurants in Seattle, Washington. The Southern California-based gourmet pizza chain has built a powerful presence across the United States, earning it the prestigious title of 2008 Pizza Chain of the Year from Pizza Market Quarterly Magazine. zpizza currently has 87 open stores and continues its impressive expansion with 400 more locations in development across the U.S., the Middle East and Mexico.

Ritu is currently focusing on finding real estate in downtown Seattle and plans to target North Seattle and Bellevue for her next two locations...

August 27, 2008 // Franchising.com // - Newport Beach, Calif. — zpizza, the Southern California-based gourmet pizza chain will soon grow from three currently operating stores in Denver to the remainder of Colorado. Jeffrey and Kristin Peterson recently signed a multi-unit deal to open 9 zpizza locations throughout the state, starting with Colorado Springs, where they hope to launch their first restaurant by spring or summer of 2009. The Petersons have the option to open up to 20 Colorado locations by 2028.

"We love the food so much that we quickly became addicted to it – since it opened in our neighborhood, zpizza has been our pizza place! When Kristin and I started looking for a business opportunity that we could tackle together, zpizza was the perfect choice," says Jeffrey...

April 11, 2008 // Franchising.com // - FLOWER MOUND — zpizza, the Southern California based gourmet pizza chain announced the first of four zpizza restaurants in Dallas. Wee Pie One LLC, zpizza's Dallas franchisee's, recently signed a lease in Flower Mound and expects to open in late June or early July this year.

"zpizza's popularity is growing by leaps and bounds nationwide because of its innovative take on the gourmet pizza segment," said a representative from Wee Pie One, LLC. "We are really looking forward to opening the very first Texas zpizza restaurant in Flower Mound."

zpizza signed their first location in the 1,400 square feet retail space in Plaza Towne Center, a shopping center located at the southwest quadrant of FM 2499 and FM 1171...

January 24, 2008 // Franchising.com // - Newport Beach, CA — zpizza, the Southern California based gourmet pizza chain, recently signed another multi-unit franchise agreement. N.N.T Enterprises Inc. will join over 30 multi-unit franchisees that are already developing zpizza's throughout California by bringing three stores to the West Los Angeles, Santa Monica areas. N.N.T Enterprises Inc. expects to open their first store in early 2009.

"zpizza is a household name here in California," says a representative of N.N.T Enterprises. "They have a creative, fresh menu that appeals to health conscious pizza lovers. We are excited to join as franchisees and look forward to opening our first store in the next year."

Featured on Good Morning America as a healthy dining option, zpizza takes a unique approach to the crowded pizza segment by appealing to traditional pizza lovers, health conscious consumers and gourmet palates alike...

Bohoor International Will Bring 34 Restaurants to Area

January 09, 2008 // Franchising.com // Newport Beach, CA, — zpizza, the fastest growing gourmet pizza chain in the United States of America recently signed a master franchise agreement with Bohoor International bringing 34 restaurants to the Middle East. Bohoor International, a private investment and business development company based out of Saudi Arabia, expects to open their first zpizza store in Riyadh by Fall of 2008.

"zpizza already has 70 restaurants open throughout the United States and we continue to add two to three stores every month," says Chris Bright, zpizza President. "We are expanding at a rapid pace and are looking forward to moving our popular concept into a new region of the world...

January 04, 2008 // Franchising.com // - Newport Beach, CA — zpizza, the Southern California based gourmet pizza restaurant appeared as #309 in Entrepreneur magazine's 2007 Franchise 500 List making it the premier gourmet pizza franchise in the country. This is the third year the chain has been recognized as one of the magazine's top franchises and continues to rocket up the list.

"It's an honor to be among Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 List for the third year in a row," says Chris Bright zpizza President. "zpizza has had a tremendous amount of growth in 2007 and I expect as much and more success in 2008."

The restaurant chain will enter 2008 with over 70 restaurants open and 300 plus units in ongoing development in California, Arizona, Nevada, Virginia, D...

January 02, 2008 // Franchising.com // - Newport Beach, CA—zpizza, the Southern California based gourmet pizza restaurant, jumped six spots on Fast Casual's 'Movers and Shaker's' Top 100 List affirming its position as the premier gourmet pizza franchise in the country. This is the second year the chain has been recognized as one of the magazine's top franchises and continues to rocket up the list.

"It's an honor to be on Fast Casual's Top 100 List for the second year in a row," says Chris Bright zpizza President. "We are placed alongside some of the most impressive chains in the restaurant business today. It is an honor."

In this year's 'Movers and Shakers' listing, zpizza is ranked #56 and placed among heavyweight concepts such as Starbucks, Moe's, Sandella's Flatbread, Vapiano and Chipotle...

December 12, 2007 // Franchising.com // - Newport Beach, CA— zpizza, the Southern California based gourmet pizza chain, opened 20 stores in 2007 and sold the franchising rights to develop over 140 worldwide. The company expects to have more than 100 restaurants in 21 states open in the U.S. by mid 2008.

Zpizza sold multi-unit franchising deals in 12 states across the country this year. Several new areas in development include Hawaii, Colorado, Montana, Michigan Georgia and New York. The company also closed a master franchise agreement bringing 34 zpizza restaurants to the Middle East. This is their first international deal.

"zpizza currently has 70 restaurants open, is adding two to three stores per month and has 300 plus units in development," says Chris Bright, zpizza President...

September 20, 2007 // Franchising.com // - Newport Beach, CA — zpizza, the Southern California based gourmet pizza chain, recently signed another multi-unit franchise agreement. Erwin Pascua will join 30 multi-unit franchisees that are already developing zpizza's throughout California by bringing two stores to the Redlands, Riverside areas. Mr. Pascua expects to open his first store by early 2008.

"California is the flagship state for zpizza and has the largest collection of stores in the country," says Pascua. "I can't wait to open our stores so that Californians in our area can experience zpizza's creative and fresh menu."

Featured on Good Morning America as a healthy dining option, zpizza takes a unique approach to the crowded pizza segment by appealing to traditional pizza lovers, health conscious consumers and gourmet palates alike...

Newport Beach, CA — zpizza, the Southern California based gourmet pizza chain, recently signed another multi-unit franchise agreement bringing three new stores to Virginia. Restaurant entrepreneurs Jose Gomez and Michael Borostovik will join ten multi-unit franchisees that are already developing zpizza's throughout the state. Jose and Michael are currently looking for real estate in the Bristow, Culpeper and Warrenton areas and expect to open their first store by winter of 2007.

"Virginia has the second largest collection of zpizza stores in the country and it continues to grow because of the concept's popularity," says Gomez. "We can't wait to open our stores so that more Virginians can experience zpizza's creative and fresh menu...